Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
7ae MOTHERS REQUEST.

TIRE MOTHERS REQUEST
ara YOU going to the village?"
I'm hound that way"
n ,op take the trouble to turn In
N GRAND for me with Mrs But
s,t! to old Nancy'sY9
y BOZ gracious; taatll take me nan
|C5t Of my way"
no. Henry; not more than a hun
ys.ds.' WI. a,ro,
lands for? I'd like to get off once
gfs without being saddled with
Dsople's business"
/. we'll. my son, if the trouble is
,.,t will wait. You need not
amt try on that. OF course I'll
N, a nuisance all the same.
The errandf p
vo1ld ike to have Mrs. Butler come
r tomorrow afternoon and help
rough the evening if she can.
What's upS Expecting company ?
| il the world are you coloring so
Have l startled your"
h no, Henry, | was thinking. 1t
kothing of Importance"
3ut you didn't tell me if you expect
tmy, tomorrow
\ nv son. I do. l expect Ella
/ b will be here, and she may have a
! 4 with her"
i. face of the son changed instantly.
II look of souruess and crabbedness
! place to an expression of pleasant
|fise and, with prolonged whistle,
krlei away.
short distance he looked back over
|;hOulder and called out: Don't
mother; won't forget Mrs. But
b with that he was gone.
vas a handsome young fellow, was
b Stevens, tall and strong, brown
u and gray-eyed, with a face rudy
|tealthful and superior to the aver
Of male faces in its manly beauty.
le we're defects, however.
Fseyes were not prominent, and they
too near together, and there was
p Tie lips atouch of harshness almost
Elelty.
} he was fayorite in society, where
bis best side was seen.
+ age was two-and-twenty.
Be mother, Mrs, Mary Stevens, was a
pg, creeping on towards threescore,
ildiaced, patient woman, with &
/ as tender and true as human heart
'sas
Be cottage in which she lived was
oSn left to her by her husband, aud
bad few hundred pounds in the
'nry was not her only son.
was the youugest-her baby, she
is!ed him until he had forbidden it
u vas preparing for the bar.
expected to pass his final examina-
within month.
isil0, mother.
a.u was the voice Of her eldest son,
and pretty soon he came in sight.
va three years older than Henry
Of different fiber.
was not quite SO tall, but broader
2ollder, heavier and stouter in every
4 hair was Of an auburn color-his
l'' called 1t "red'--and his eyes, full,
. ana clear as crystal, like the pre-
iace would not, at first sight, be
y handsome; but it was a good face,
o1'''' loyal, trustful face; alb, and as
zane to know it, and to know the
3" became truely handsome in its
course he had none of the statues
{ P'-o lSe-beauty that characterized
aes Of his brother.
lla learned the carpenters trade,
=. s.' now, at the age of twenty five,
-'''-AS INTO business on his own ac-
as builder. = :"
~ r's'e anything l can do for YOU at
.a,4e the eldest son asked, as he
's'' To where his mother stood on
h. 'eeA' If it would not be too much
4 ~ 'o' you to bring home small
Allliftr:'
small bandboz with a silk dress
s.ls's. You dear mother! Can
81 / DO for you be to me ever a
f.. nnsn Il Is, yon can get me
s, r' d q brute or a crazy man. Bat
.Aly 'or you.7 IA nave II
., ,1s ''ess' When will You wear Il.
! p tomorrow"
.ssr ,la' 70 come off theng Isit
3. " are Jon going awayY"
~ poet Ella Mason viii hewi,b
a AM -as nan brought deem. onick
ees., heavy Sigh, all Of which
ia. IA. seen By q pair of bright
'as iatricaoies Of the i lsttieeS
!. +. M. 4. -sid honest Jack. sf.s, q
,5 ,.s !. make the old bo5s s' sssra
On 49, q heaven; and supnos =
6o3 B 9.los up bit and put on Z ! pie liz
oti d, She can be nothing Ia
A,r, 100 eo5 aud all the good angels
sa y W. Give M -
'O' don't know how wei, @ ven
"a a' 3... help looking we'll, with